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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1912
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics for 1912.
Area
1912.
1911.
1,563 acres
1,563 acres
Population—
Census 1901
110,398
110,398
Census 1911
109,496
109,496
Estimated to middle of 1911
109,377
109,475
Number of inhabited houses
16,482
16,466
Average number of persons per
house
6.6
6.6
Density
70 per acre
70 per acre
Length of Public Streets
53 miles
approx.
53 miles
approx.
Rateable Value
£641,363
£640,807
1d. Rate produces (approximately)
£2,494
£2,400
Cost of administration of Public
Health Department
£1,533
£1,354
Marriages
905
758
Marriage Rate
8.3
6.9
Births
2,896
3,001
Birth Rate
26.5
27.4
Birth Rate, average for the
last 10 years
28.0
28.3
Deaths
1,442
1,728
Death Rate
13.2
15.
Death Rate, average for the
last 10 years
14.9
14.9
Infantile Mortality
89 per 1,000
births
143 per 1,000
births
Infantile Mortality, average for
the last 10 years
129 per 1,000
births
130 per 1,000
births
Zymotic Death Rate
0.91
2.72